Fur lining for gloves



M. HORWITZ FUR LINING FOR GLOVES April 20 1926.

Filed March 29, 1924 Patented Apr. Z0, 1926.

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i Application filed March 29, 19254. Serial No. 702.945.

To all Iwlw/m, 'it mag/conc'ewzq l Be itknown that l, Many Honwrrz, a crtl zen ot t-he United State/aand a resident ot (.loversville, in the county of Fulton andv State ot' New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Fur l'iinings for Gloves, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art 'to vwhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the reference numerals marked thereon, which :torni part ot this speciiication. v Y

My present invention relates to the tur lining of gloves and particularly tothe tur linings as commonly formed separate lrom the shell or outside ofthe glove.

The purpose ot my inventionis to p rovide a new and improved form or" fur lining for gloves, and particularly to provide a :form of fur lining oit such arrangement that the weaker part of the skin and the thinner and poorer colored fur will be located respectively where the wear and strain is least and where the poorer tur is less noticeable and in fact partly permanently concealed, and furthermore, to have lthe lining of such arrangement that the strongest part ot' the skin and the better urred part along with the perfect blending ot color as in the natural state will extend across the entire glove where the strain is greater and where the color and the wearing quality ot the fur is exposed and is constantly observed by the wearer.

A further purpose of my invention is to provide a tur lining for gloveswhere the stomach edges of the relatively small fur bearing skins used for the linings will be located lengthwise ofthe center. of the palm of the hand and along the edges oi' the button or other fastening opening.

A further purpose of my invention is to provide a glove lining of the character above described in combination with a glove shell of ordinary construction.

Further purposes and advantages of my invention will appear in the specification and claims herein.

Figfl shows afull glove't'ur lining blank as ormed'or cut in accordance with my invention with the outline of the skin from which the blank` is ont shown in dotted lines.` Fig. S2 a view of the inner or palm side of thev lining formed from saidblank with the usual additionv ot 'thethumbt i n' Fig. 3 is afview oi the palm side et a complete glove, formed with a lining embodying my invention. Fig. fl is a sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. 2; but with the lront and back separated as when 'in use. Fig. 5 is a similar lsectionalview on line 5-5 of Fig. 3. i

Fig. Gris a sectional view similar to Fig. 5, showing a fur lining embodying my invention when a'wider bindingstrip is used at the edges of the main or bottom opening ot the glove. Fig. 7 is asimilar sectional view through a fur lined glove as hereto` iore made. f

Fur lined gloves are made by combining an outer shell ot leather-or other durable materialpwith a separately formed'tur lining. These tur linings in turn` are made up from a blank formed-l 'lro-m fur bearing skins. y i For such Vlfur linings rabbit skins are-the ones commonly l used on account of y their relative low cost and the ,pleasing color of the rabbit fur and because the hair and hide are best suited tor gloves. Rabbit skins andthe skins ot' other animals that may be practicable to use forl such linings are only" a little largerthan the lining blank to be cut therefrom so that the longitudinal edges. or the blanlcpractically coincide with-oi' come very close to the longitudinal edges of the tur bearing skin. The side vedges of. the

skin are formed from the original slitting` ot the skin up through the lower central line of the animal, that is through the center ot the stomach and chest.

The skin adjacent' theside edges is ap preciably thinner and weaker than the skin at the back of the animal and the vfur adjacent 'the side edges is decidedly timmer and poorer than upon the rest of the skin. lt happens also that the ordinary brown or gray rabbits the skins from which are com'- monly used for glove linings, have a streak ot very much lighter fur and on most skins this lighter Vstreak at its center is white. It

edge of the skin and accordingly at each side edge of the full gloveblank formed therefrom a strip of decidedly poorer and weaker skin and of decidedly lighter colored or white fur and poorer fur. y

Heretofore Ythe universal arrangement of t-he fur bearing skin in the lining has been to have the edges of the skin come together in a seam along the outside of the little finger and up that edge of the hand and wrist portion of the glove. This is the common method of ,forming the shell of a glove formed of a piece of leather as is illustrated in Fig. 8. In the forming of the lining, however, this previous arrangement-had the disadvantage that it brought all of the white or lighter colored and poorer fur and the poorer skin together in a mass along the little finger edge of the glove.

Fig. 7 is a. ksectional and somewhat diagrammatic view of the previous construction of glove lining. This discloses the objectional niassing and showing of the white fur at the little finger edge of the glove.

Tn the formation of fur linings according to my invention, the patternis so arranged and the blank 8p formed thereby from the fur bearing skin 9 so that the longitudinal sides 10-10 ofthe skin9 are brought together at the center of the palm of the hand and are brought towards each other at the button opening 11`of the glove. This is done by forming the pattern andtherewith the blankS as shown particularly in Fig. 1, so that one edge 12 of the blank is inline with the inner edge of the front 13 of the third finger while the other edge 14 of the blank is in line with the adjacent or inneredge of the inside .or palm side of the middle or second finger 15. y

With the side edges 12 and 14 ofthe blank so made there is of course also formed upon the blank the other parts of the fingers proceeding from the frontl'of the' middle fin? genas follows: The front 16 of the first finger, the back 17 of the first finger, the

, back 18 of the middle finger, the back 19 of the third finger, the back 20 of the little linger and the Vfront 21 of the little finger.

There is also cut the usual U-shaped hole 22 for the addition of the separate thumb, pierce 28 with a tab 2 4 left froni the blank projecting into the aperture 22, said tab being used to help forni the thumb.

The blank as thus formed is then folded with the fur side'in along the lines 25-25 and 2G2f3. The extreme ends of the finger pieces aie then sewed together with the usual fourchette pieces on the inner edge of the first finger and the inneredge of the little finger and along both edges of the second andthird fingers, then the meeting edges 12 and 1.4 of the blank are sewedtogetheras by seam 27vthrough the middle of the palm producing aV fully formed fur lining as shown in Fig.` 2, it being understood that meanwhile at some convenient stage the separate thumb piece 23 has been separately formed and then sewed to the main body of the lining.

For some-types of gloves and for some glove manufacturers the edges 12 and 14 of the blank are sewed together on the line of the seam 27 not only through the center of the palm of the hand, but upwardly to the wrist end of the glove. This is a minor modification not interfering with the inveiition and this modification is within the scope of several of the claims hereof; Y Y he glove lining thus formed is then placed within the shell 28 of the glove and fastened thereto in the usual manner. This fastening' of the shell 28 and the fur lining always includes a secure fastening of the two parts of the complete glove about the cuffv end of the glove and along the two edges of the button or fastening opening 11. 'This fastening is usually accomplished by a/binding strip A12S) first fastened to the edge of the shell of the glove along both sides of the button opening 1,1. The binding strip is then turned over on the inside against the fur surfaceof lthe lining and secured in place by one or usually two rows of stitching 3() and 31,.with the stitches extending through the leather of the shell and through the binding on the inside and through the enclosed skin of the lining.

The separate binding may be extended around the cuffend of the glove, but usually the connection between the parts is effected by turning black inwardly a portion of the cuff of the shell.

. It will now be seen that the lightest colored portion `of the fur lining extends to the centerKV of the palm and along adjacent the button opening 11. The binding strip 29 covers up a very` appreciable part of the white or lightest part of the fur. This is especiallyl so in sonic forms of glove where a. relatively wide binding is used butin any event the .binding strip iswide enough to cover up some of the most objectionable or lightest'of the fur. It will also be noticed that such of the lighty colored fur as is not covered by the binding is separated into two parts adjaccntthe binding instead of being all massed without any decrease in amount at the little finger yedge of the' glove as in the old forni of lining., It will be further noted especially byv comparing Fig. 5 or 6 with Fig. 7 that the darkest colored or richest colored part of the skin is at the center of the back of the glove right opposite the button openingwherethe fur lin-ing is most Also it will be seen that the cen- Cil the weakest part of the fur lining is through the center of the palm of the hand where there is no strain at all or towards the wrist along the sides of the button opening Where it is 'directly reinforced by being sewedto the shell ot the glove and further reinforced the outside ol the little linger and up the glove in line therewith and a fur lining oomposed ot' a fur-bearing skin with its stomach edges located lengthwise of the glove on a line through the center of the palm.

2. In a lfur lined glove the combination of an outer shell formed from a blank having its longitudinal edges brought together at the outside of the little linger and up the glove in line therewith and a fur lining eoniposed of a :tur-bearing skin with its stomach edges brought to the edges of the button opening'atl the wrist and into the palm on a line with the center of the palm and brought together through the center of the palm.

In witness whereof I have atlxed my signature, this 19th day of February, 1924.

MARY HORVITZ. 

